The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-10-27


traordinary developments, not alone in national
wealth and IN scientific and mechanleal dlse9V-
cries. but in the promotion Of character and IN the
moulding otthe nations destinies Let the S hfl,s5
nan impress be stamped upon these, ana an wOulu
be wei. There were In their midst, actual pagans
such as the Indians and the Chinese; ana there
were many more who must, even IN the Juugneht
OF charity, be designated practical atheists hMhs
without God and without hope IN the worlu; me
work among the Indians was arouslng mucn Zeal
and was being attended with gratllylng deS thas
In this, also, English Christians rejoiced Tor they
tOO had been justly chaT geable with negle anu
oppression in HindOstan, in Africa, ana else,
where. Yet there had always been noble ana
an earnest body OF men and women who protested
against such treatment, and who did all that was
IN theirlpower for the instruction and the eleVa'
ton OF aboriginal races. It was well that sucn
bodies as the American Missionary Association
and the Indian Association vigilantly watehed
the course OF the United States government IN
their treatment OF the Indians upon the reserve
tons and elsewhere. Offcials all the world oyer
were apt 10 become perfunctOry, and 10 lndulge
in cireumlOeution. They needed TO be Kept up 70
high standard Of duty by Christian patriots ana
philanthrophsts,w who were determined that right
eOusneSS and mercy should be exercised towards
weaker races AS to the complex:andianxlous PROB,
lens Of the New South, England could not avoid
watching It with prayerful anxiety. She was re-
sponsible for the original Introduction Of slavery
.'the sum OF All yillianies" Though She had long
since purged herself Of the stain, 50 far as con
cerned her own colonial possessions, and though
cost TO suppress the odious slave trade on the Al
riean coast, yet the ancient wrong had entailed
its own nemesis, as was always the case with evil
doing. None rejoieed more intensely than the
great mass Of the people Of England, as dis
tinguished from 1.-THE classes" at the great Act OF
Emancipation under the president Lin,
coin. None watched with deeper interest and
hopefulness the work of education since carried
on among the colored people Of the South. That
there was urgent need for such education to be
continued and extended, was notorious. DIR. Au-
brey gave a number of Instances OF ignorance,
even among colored preachers, sOmesot which
were highly ludicrous and others intensely pain
full and saddening. He IOinted out that the pres
enee of many uneducated and superstitiOus per
sons constituted terrible source OF danger TO so
ciety and he based upon this an urgent appeal for
the generous sustenati0n Of the educational and
missionary work carried on by the American Mis-
sionary Association. He also insisted upon the
importance Of industrial and technical training
such as is being given, and showed that the sur.
est way of helping the millions OF cOl0red people
was to help them to help themselves, and so 70
raise one another. He had no fear that the od-
GUS and infamous Glenn bill, even II 1t had be-
come law, or that other measure introduced into
the Georgia Senate, would be productive OF much
harm. Such policy revealed the race prejudice
still existing among certain section in the South
and il was well that this should be known. But
the Christian sentiment OF the land would not toll
crate such a course. The American people, as q
whole, had done, and given, and suffered, toe
much to go back upon their noble record. Theil
advocacy of the rights of the poor and the Op
pressed and their strenuous labors in their behal
would not cease until the glorious object wa;
achieved.
1t was easy to denounce the Pharlsees Of tn,
time of Christ, but their spirit was still rampant
in certain places and 1t demanded solemn protes
and righteous indignation Already therel were
brighter day. A wonderful and glorious trans
formation had taken place in large number o
Students trained at Hampton, Carlisle and othe
institutions, and these were exertng an untols
and incalculable influence upon their own peopl,
in the South and among the Indians. The actua
results could not be tabulated or represented By
gta
derable, but all would be revealed In due time
The material resources Of the South were beinI
peHeSPs growth 'n S HOTa ssd spSs
activity. But this would not be accomplished b!
gelatinous people, nor by indulging In Cheerful
optimism. Congregationalists had been anon
the first to enter upon these great fields whicl
were white to the harvest Much success had al
tended their efforts. God had greatly blesse'
them. Doubtless they had in store a noble mis-
sion yet to be undertaken, and one that was II
harmony alike with the spirit of the gospel an.
with the. genius Of the American people. In al
this England greatly reioiced. Notwithstanding
foolish utterances on the part Of a few publ
speakers and writers on both sides of the Atlantic
there was an identity of sentiment and there wa
a community of interests. The gospel was TIL
great solvent of the difficulties and troubles
arising from human sin and ignorance. American
Christians were engaged in the honorable tasl
Of building up an empire for the Saviour on broa'
and solid foundations
During his address DIR. Aubrey read
statement received by him yesterday from
col0red man, formerly pupil at Hampton
Va, and now for some years engaged in
preaching. This statement gave candle
account Of the colored people from a re
ligi0us standpoint, and was manly plea fol
more education for the negroes, especially
for the negro preachers.
The notices for today were given and tn,
meeting closed with singing the Doxology b,
the congregation, and the benediction by
Rev. DIR. Mckenzie.
An overflow meeting was held in the FRS
Baptist church, presided over by Rev. j. r.
Rankin Of New Jersey.
The programme for today will be as fol
lows:
FORENOON.
500 TO 9.00-Prayer meeting.
Report on Indian work.
900 to 1O15-Addresses.
Report on Chinese work.
1915 to l1.16-Addresses.
Report on church work.
Ills to 12.30-Addresses.
AFTERNOON.
Finance report
200 TO 3.30-Addresses.
$50 to 5.0O-Meeting of Association I'm vestr'
OF First Baptist church for choice OF officers an'
other business.
3 80 to 5.00-Woman's Bureau, with report O
Secretary, and addresses.
EVENING.
Devotional exercises.
Addresses by Hon. VIM. p. Frye and Rev. Davi
Gregg.
Closing words and exercises.
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